Andrew Cross
dal 13/9/2004 al 30/10/2004
Segnalato da
13/9/2004
Andrew Cross
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
An English Journey presents two specially commissioned film works and a series of photographs exploring the seemingly prosaic experience of a place through continual transit. Always changing, both films move through concurrent landscapes that one can never remain situated in. 3 hours from here, filmed through the privileged but unusual vantage point of a heavy goods vehicle, is a strangely mesmerising and hypnotic piece that contradicts one's expectations of a post-industrial countryside, that appears largely untouched and unrecognisable.
An English Journey
An English Journey is the first solo touring exhibition in the UK of work by Beck's Futures nominee 2004 Andrew Cross.
An English Journey presents two specially commissioned film works and a series of photographs exploring the seemingly prosaic experience of a place through continual transit. Always changing, both films move through concurrent landscapes that one can never remain situated in. 3 hours from here, filmed through the privileged but unusual vantage point of a heavy goods vehicle, is a strangely mesmerising and hypnotic piece that contradicts one's expectations of a post-industrial countryside, that appears largely untouched and unrecognisable.
The second film in the exhibition, Where a man might well first land, illustrates the pictorial quality of Cross' work. Revealing a serene, almost Turneresque landscape, the film gradually evolves, detailing fragments of information as it describes a ships' passage along the Solent estuary towards the port of Southampton before returning back out to sea.
3 hours from here is a Film and Video Umbrella touring exhibition, commissioned in association with John Hansard Gallery. Supported by Arts Council England and Scania Ltd, the exhibition will tour to Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
Image: Copyright Andrew Cross, Still from 3 hours from here, 2004
Where a man might well first land has been commissioned by the John Hansard Gallery and Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, supported by Arts Council England.
Accompanying Book and DVD
An English Journey by Andrew Cross
published by Film and Video Umbrella and John Hansard Gallery
ISBN 1 90427 010 7, 80pp Hbk, £10.00
John Hansard Gallery
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ